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Shannon ConnollyShannon M. Connolly

e-mail: shanconnolly@cs.com

MPA 2006

Analytical Paper Title: “What are the Barriers to Implementing Special Education Mediated Agreements in Delaware?”

Chair: Maria Aristigueta | Committee Member(s): Kathryn Denhardt and Kathy Wian

position:
Presidential Management Fellow
Office of the Director

National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Md.

Introduction

As a Presidential Management Fellow (PMF), Shannon has accepted a position with the Office of the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), located in Bethesda, Md.  The Office of the Director is the central office responsible for setting policy for NIH and for planning, managing, and coordinating the programs and activities of all the NIH components.  Over the next two years, Shannon will rotate through various administrative departments—such as program evaluation, program coordination, strategic management planning, grants management, contracts management, and human resource management—throughout the 27 Institutes and Centers of NIH.  After the two-year rotational period is complete, she will be placed within the area of her preference. 

Education

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MPA, University of Delaware 2006, State and Local Management

MSW, New York University 1997

BS, Frostburg State University 1992, Psychology

Experience

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June 2006–present
Presidential Management Fellow, Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.

June 2005–August 2005
Intern, VA Hospital, Wilmington, Del.

September 2004–May 2006
Research Assistant, Conflict Resolution Program, Institute for Public Administration, University of Delaware, Newark, Del.

July 2001–July 2004
Program Manager, Ethos, Boston, Mass.

May 1999–June 2001
Supervisor 1, Elmhurst Hospital, Elmhurst, N.Y.

May 1997–May 1999
Clinical Social Worker, Elmhurst Hospital, Elmhurst, N.Y.

September 1996–May 1997
Social Work Intern, The New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center, New York, N.Y.

September 1995–May 1996
Social Work Intern, Talbot Perkins Children’s Services, New York, N.Y.

May 1994–September 1994
Summer Program Coordinator, Edgemeade Center, Upper Marlboro, Md.

July 1993–September 1994
Special Education Teacher, Edgemeade Center, Upper Marlboro, Md.

July 1992–July 1993
One-on-One Counselor, Edgemeade Center, Upper Marlboro, Md.

Qualifications

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MS Word, Excel

Honors and Awards

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Pauline E. Loessner Memorial Award, May 2005 Recipient

Psi Chi, 1991

Order of Omega, 1991

 
 
 
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